% Help my best friend get Gender Reassignment Surgery
% Leah Rowe
% 2019-01-22

You were all there for me when I needed help. Now I ask for help on someone
elses behalf: my best friend, Sara Rocha (who is also my roommate). Like me,
Sara is a trans woman (assigned male at birth) and, as I did prior to surgery,
suffers extreme depression and anxiety related to her genitalia. For the
sake of her mental health and happiness, she requires surgery so that she can
get a vagina.

<img alt="" src="https://av.vimuser.org/sara_cover.jpg" style="float:left; padding:0.5em;" />

<h1>How to donate to Sara (credit/debit card)</h1>

Here is Sara's crowd funding campaign on GoFundMe (the picture is of her):
<https://www.gofundme.com/help-me-to-get-gender-reassignment-surgery>

<h1>How to donate to Sara (via bank transfer. E.g. BACS, SEPA, ACH etc)</h1>

**Donationns sent via wire transfer will be immediately donated directly to the
GoFundMe page by Leah Rowe. Money raised on the GoFundMe page is deposited
directly into Sara's bank account.**

GoFundMe requires use of a credit/debit card. If you don't have that, you
can also use a wire transfer to donate money to her. Her bank account is
registered under her old male name since she can't change her ID yet, so I
don't think it would be good to share her bank details here (since this would
reveal her deadname): but you can wire the money to me (Leah Rowe) and then
I will donate that to Sara on your behalf.

My wire info is here (if you want to donate to Sara using a wire transfer):
<https://vimuser.org/surgery/#how-to-donate>

<h1>Sara is awesome</h1>

Sara has been an absolute godsend for me personally, in my recovery. As a
roommate she has been generally excellent, looking after me in my early days
of recovery. Although I am back on my feet now and no longer require her help,
I am eternally grateful and this is why I am now helping her to get the surgery
herself.

Originally, I was going to pay for her surgery, but since I couldn't even pay
for my own and had to ask for donations, this was impossible. However, I am
determined to make sure that Sara gets the medical help she so desperately
needs.
